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MAIDSTONE BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

PLANNING COMMITTEE

 

16 APRIL 2015

 

REPORT OF THE HEAD OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

 

 

DEFERRED ITEMS

 

1.1.        The following applications stand deferred from previous meetings of the Planning Committee.  The Head of Planning and Development will report orally at the meeting on the latest situation.

  

1.2      MA/07/2133 - DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS,               AND           ERECTION OF A FIVE STOREY RESIDENTIAL           DEVELOPMENT COMPRISING OF 52 STUDIO           APARTMENTS AND 24 ONE-BED FLATS WITH 38           UNDERCROFT PARKING SPACES AND 22 EXTERNAL           PARKING SPACES WITH VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN           ACCESS FROM HART STREET TOGETHER WITH           LANDSCAPING - LAGUNA MOTORCYCLES SITE, HART           STREET, MAIDSTONE

 

1.2.1.  Deferred for the submission of a revised viability assessment which contains up-to-date figures and which is based on current market conditions to inform Members’ discussions on matters including the provision of affordable housing, the achievement of Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes, the provision of landscaping to the footpath to the west of the site and possible improvements to the design.

 

Date Deferred

 

10 April 2014

 

1.3      MA/13/1979 - OUTLINE PLANNING APPLICATION FOR UP TO           55 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS WITH MEANS OF ACCESS. ALL OTHER MATTERS RESERVED - LAND NORTH OF

          HEATH ROAD, COXHEATH, MAIDSTONE, KENT

 

1.3.1   Deferred to:

 

Seek additional details of surface water drainage (to address Environment Agency comments);

 

Seek 40% affordable housing with appropriate viability evidence to demonstrate if this is not achievable; and

 

Seek further ecological surveys of the site.

 

          Any S106 legal agreement should include a commitment from the developer to deliver the proposal.

 

18 December 2014

 


 

 

 

1.4     14/503960 - OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR 13 NO.           DWELLING HOUSES WITH ASSOCIATED AMENITY           SPACE, SHARED ACCESS ROAD AND NEW FOOTWAY           WITH ACCESS, APPEARANCE, LAYOUT AND SCALE TO           BE CONSIDERED AT THIS STAGE WITH ALL OTHER           MATTERS RESERVED FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION -           LAND EAST OF THATCH BARN ROAD AND SOUTH OF           LENHAM ROAD, HEADCORN, KENT

 

1.4.1  Deferred for:

 

          A. Further assessment of the layout in the context of       development proposed and/or approved on             neighbouring sites, and specifically in terms of:

 

Southern Water drainage issues and SUDS;

Strategic landscaping;

Biodiversity (including movement of species through the site/creation of a wildlife corridor); and

Detailing (including GCN-friendly gulleys, swift bricks, materials).

 

          B. Further information relating to the contribution       requested by Kent County Council for Youth            Services as Members queried whether this meets       the necessary tests.

 

 

 

19 March adjourned to 23 March 2015

 

1.5     14/503957 - APPLICATION FOR PERMANENT CHANGE           OF USE TO A FREE SCHOOL (CLASS D1) - GATLAND           HOUSE, GATLAND LANE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

 

1.5.1  Deferred for investigation of:

 

          The safety issues relating to the collection and drop-off       of children in a narrow lane (at busy periods) and the         highways issues caused by an increase in vehicle       movements as a result of the wider catchment area for this type of school.

 

          The extent of properly-managed play areas within the   boundaries of the site, taking account of the size   standard and separation of Key Stages 1 & 2.

 

          The need for this development – the area is not   understood to have been identified as having a need   for infant/primary school facilities.

 

19 March adjourned to 23 March 2015